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Authors: Bruce Feiler

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UNDER THE BIG TOP
Copyright © 2007 by Bruce Feiler. All rights reserved under International and Pan-American Copyright Conventions. By payment of the required fees, you have been granted the non-exclusive, non-transferable right to access and read the text of this e-book on-screen. No part of this text may be reproduced, transmitted, down-loaded, decompiled, reverse engineered, or stored in or introduced into any information storage and retrieval system, in any form or by any means, whether electronic or mechanical, now known or hereinafter invented, without the express written permission of HarperCollins e-books.

EPub Edition © JULY 2007 ISBN: 9780061856709

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Table of Contents

Cover

Title Page

Dedication

Epigraph

Program of Arenic Displays

Winter Quarters

Chapter 1. A Toe in the Ring

First Half

The Circus on Parade
Chapter 2. Under a Canvas Sky
A Rare Breed of Tiger
Chapter 3. First of May
Facing the Fire
Chapter 4. Outsiders Always Make Mistakes
Swings of Fate
Chapter 5. This Is When They Become Real
Give the Bear a Dog
Chapter 6. Death of a Naïf
The Amazing Art of Hair Suspension
Chapter 7. Please Don't Pet the Elephants
Nights with White Stallions
Chapter 8. A Streak of Blood

Intermission

The Color of Popcorn

Second Half

Chapter 9. The Star of the Show
Triple Whammy
Chapter 10. Without Saying Goodbye
Where Are the Clowns?
Chapter 11. Reborn
Love on the Wire
Chapter 12. At Heaven's Door
An American Dream

Home

Behind the Painted Smiles
Read All About It

Author's Note

About the Author

Praise

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Copyright

About the Publisher

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